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several inches high thrown up in late fall and removed in early- 

 spring. Wire netting is the best protection against rabbits. When 

 injury has been done the trees can often be saved by bridge-grafting. 



CONCLUSION. 



Lastly, the fruit-grower, of all tillers of the soil, should know the 

 plants he works with; should have an insight into their life processes; 

 should know how they are affected by external conditions; should 

 understand the more or less distinct individuality of his trees. 

 Fruit plants are various in kind and trees of one kind are often quite 

 unlike because the conditions under which they are grown are dis- 

 similar. It follows, then, that conditions must vary for every 

 person who grows fruit and that there must, therefore, be more or 

 less diverse ideals, diverse methods and diverse results. But certain 

 forces, embraced in what we call " good care," have brought all 

 fruits from the wild to their present state of domestication, and 

 these forces modified and refined as we gain new knowledge, must 

 be kept in constant operation. 



